{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-10/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-10/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Part applies in a case where a decision has been made in accordance with regulation 10 of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 that a person has failed to take part in a work-focused interview.\n(2) In a case where one of the consequences specified in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) apply, the decision notice shall include a statement as to the person’s right of appeal against the decision that he failed to take part in a work-focused interview.\n(3) In a case where the consequence of the failure to take part is that the entitlement to housing benefit terminates, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the last date of the entitlement to housing benefit;\n(b) the reason entitlement terminated.\n(4) In a case where the consequence of the failure to take part is that the amount of housing benefit payable is reduced, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the amount by which the housing benefit is reduced;\n(b) the date from which the reduction takes effect; and\n(c) the reason for the reduction.\n(5) In a case where a new decision is made reversing an earlier decision that a person failed to take part in a work-focused interview, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the date from which the consequences of the failure cease to apply; and\n(b) the reason for the new decision.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 16 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No. 274"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/10/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:14.194536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}